History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884. Chapter XXIII, Mitchell Township, page 367
James R. Graham, a resident of section 23, was the first settler in the northern part of Mitchell Township. He has a fine farm of 200 acres. He was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1848. When six years of age his parents emigrated to Dodge Co., Wis., living there until 1866, when they returned to New York, where they still live. In 1864 James want to Mantorville, Dodge Co., Minn. In 1856 he returned Wisconsin. Two years later he went to New York and attended the Monroe Collegiate Institute, after which he came to Mitchell County, purchasing the farm upon which he now resides. In politics he is a democrat, and has held local offices.
In November, 1872, he was married to Eunice B. Danley, by whom he had two children, one now living - Edwin D. Mrs. Graham died Oct. 23, 1875. He was again married Nov. 5, 1879, to Clara A. Stokes, a native of Rock Co., Wis., born May 28, 1855. They have one son - Frank S.
Transcribed May 2003, Gordon Felland